Researchers in Germany have made a great breakthrough that could potentially revolutionize the future of regenerative ...

A micro-optics breakthrough enables in-body 3D printing of living tissue using laser-guided bio-inks through a fibre thinner ...

Imagine a portable 3D printer you could hold in the palm of your hand. The tiny device could enable a user to rapidly create customized, low-cost objects on the go, like a fastener to repair a wobbly ...

Avago Technologies, the world's largest privately held semiconductor company, today introduced an enhanced series of cost-competitive ultra-small optical encoder modules with resolutions of up to 360 ...

Samsung recently touted its latest 3-in-1 TFT monitors, 4-in-1 optical disc drive and affordable laser printers, which the company is targeting towards small businesses and tech buffs. The 3-in-1 15″ ...

Researchers in France have developed a new type of optical printer that produces digital 3-D holograms with what they call “an unprecedented level of detail and realistic color.” The printer can make ...

David A. Grafton, recipient of the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, is an unlikely Oscar winner. The man whose lens designs for optical printers helped make possible the great visual effects boom of the 1980s ...

Over the past few years, I kept bumping into something called Hershey fonts. After digging around, I found a 1967 government report by a fellow named Dr. Allen Vincent Hershey. Back in the 1960s, he ...